Guido Brunetti #15: Through a Glass Darkly

Guido Brunetti #15: Through a Glass Darkly
Donna Leon
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h198 x 129mm - 352pg
22 Sep 2022 UK
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9781529158328
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A luminous spring day in Venice, and Commissario Brunetti and his sidekick Vianello play hooky from the Questura along the Grand Canal to rescue Vianello's friend Marco, who has been arrested during an environmental protest. They get him released, only to be faced by the fury of the man's father-in-law, who owns a glass factory on Murano. The old man is seething with rage, and his daughter shares her fear with Brunetti that he will actually hurt her husband. But it is not Marco who has uncovered the guilty secret of the glass foundries, nor he whose body is found lying in front of the furnaces which burn at 1400 degrees C. night and day. The victim has left clues in a copy of Dante and Brunetti must enter an inferno to discover who is burning the land and fouling the waters of Venice's lagoon. A man is dead - but will politics and expedience prevent the killer from striking again?

#01: Death at La Fenice
#02: Death in a Strange Country
#03: Anonymous Venetian, The
#04: A Venetian Reckoning
#05: Acqua Alta
#06: Death of Faith, The
#07: A Noble Radiance
#08: Fatal Remedies
#09: Friends in High Places
#10: A Sea Of Troubles
#11: Wilful Behaviour
#12: Uniform Justice
#13: Doctored Evidence
#14: Blood From a Stone
#15: Through a Glass Darkly
#16: Suffer the Little Children
#17: Girl of His Dreams, The
#18: About Face
#19: A Question of Belief
#20: Drawing Conclusions
#21: Beastly Things
#22: Golden Egg, The
#23: By its Cover
#24: Falling in Love
#25: Waters of Eternal Youth, The
#26: Earthly Remains
#27: Temptation of Forgiveness, The
#28: Unto Us a Son Is Given
#29: Trace Elements
#30: Transient Desires
#31: Give Unto Others
#32: Death at La Fenice

"* 'Donna Leon's very successful Commissario Brunetti novels, set in Venice.... It would be simply perverse not to acknowledge the skill with which Leon has assembled these familiar elements... The reader comes to look forward to Paola's elegant Venetian lunches as much as Brunetti does...Comfort reading of the highest order.' TLS * 'The fabulous Donna Leon' Antonia Fraser in the Spectator * '[Leon's] passion for all things Venetian - churches, palaces, statues and especially the food - comes over loud and clear whenever Brunetti steps from his apartment into the street... No one writes about the grey areas of life better.' Guardian * 'Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the facade of the magical city' The Times"
Donna Leon has lived in Venice for many years and previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed, most recently Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Silver dagger for Fiction, A Sea Of Troubles, Wilful Behaviour, Doctored Evidence, Uniform Justice and Blood From A Stone.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529158328
Published: 22 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 245g
Pages: 352

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